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(x) Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, 1.59g, 9h, West Mercian mint, Cuthbert, + eadvveard rex, legend begins at 4 o'clock, diademed and draped bust right, within solid inner circle, rev. cvdb erhto in two lines divided by +·+, trefoils of pellets above and below (CTCE pl 4. no. 7 this coin; SCBI 16 (Norweb) 147 = same dies; N.651; S.1084), extremely fine, toned.
Provenance:
Noble Numismatics auction 53, 9 April 1997, lot 53
Linzalone, Stack's, 7-8 December 1994, lot 2357
Lockett, part X, Glendining, 26-27 April 1960, lot 3658, £54
Captain Douglas, collection sold c.1912
Cuthbert was one of five West Mercian moneyers who had previously worked for Alfred. The central ornaments on the late Alfred coins was trefoil-pellet-trefoil, and under Edward cross-pellet-cross was also used and in fact became the norm. 'It is possible that these two central combinations were deliberately intended to identify West Mercian minting at the turn of the century. (Blunt, Stewart & Lyon, 'Coinage in Tenth Century England', p.35)
Estimate: £4,000.00 - £5,000.00
Provenance:
Noble Numismatics auction 53, 9 April 1997, lot 53
Linzalone, Stack's, 7-8 December 1994, lot 2357
Lockett, part X, Glendining, 26-27 April 1960, lot 3658, £54
Captain Douglas, collection sold c.1912
Cuthbert was one of five West Mercian moneyers who had previously worked for Alfred. The central ornaments on the late Alfred coins was trefoil-pellet-trefoil, and under Edward cross-pellet-cross was also used and in fact became the norm. 'It is possible that these two central combinations were deliberately intended to identify West Mercian minting at the turn of the century. (Blunt, Stewart & Lyon, 'Coinage in Tenth Century England', p.35)
Estimate: £4,000.00 - £5,000.00